Han Asia Times

Koreans often use the proverb “when whales fight, the shrimp’s back is broken” to describe their country’s victimization at the hands of larger, more powerful neighbors. China, as the largest and most technologically and culturally advanced society in East Asia, exerted the most important outside influence on Korea until modern times. In the twentieth century, Korea became the focus of rival interests among neighboring China, Japan, and Russia as well as the more distant United States. But for well over a thousand years, until colonization by Japan in the early twentieth century, successive kingdoms on the Korean peninsula were able to maintain a society with political independence and cultural distinctiveness from the surrounding nations. Korea Before the Twentieth Century  Settled, literate societies on the Korean peninsula appear in Chinese records as early as the fourth century BCE. Gradually, competing groups and kingdoms on the peninsula merged into a common national identi...

1. A New Start, Daboreum (the year’s first full moon) Festival  http://www.nfm.go.kr/Inform/ ninfor_view.nfm?seq=14381   Experience the seasonal customs of Daeborrum, a traditional Korean holiday and enjoy folk performance shows Date : Feb 17, Thurs (10:00~17:00) Venue : Front Yard (Main bldg), The National Folk Museum of Korea, Jongno, Seoul 2. 2011 National Gugak Center First Full Moon Festival “Ttwil-pan (jumping), Nol-pan (playing), and Han-pan making happy”  http://www.gugak.go.kr/ performance/performance/ information/perf_viw.jsp? boardId=30004065   Enjoy the First Full Moon Festival with National Gugak Center Date : Feb 16, Wed ~ Feb 17, Thurs (19:30) Venue : Yeakdang & Front yard, National Gugak Center * The event is free but requires an advance reservation  www.gugak.go.kr  

The superior species and high production quality of Korean mushroom is proved through its great texture and taste, already having been renown overseas. Today Korean mushrooms have attracted the Swiss people being one of their favorite dishes. Korean mushrooms spotlighted as high-quality food Jelomli, a grand department store of Zurich, the largest city in Swiss has Korean mushrooms on their sales list, sold at the lower ground grocery section, along with a variety of other raw mushrooms. Here Korean king oyster mushrooms are sold by 30-40 franc per kilogram, quite expensive which is equivalent to 35,000 ~ 47,000 won in Korean dollars. Swiss people, on sunny days, often enjoy barbeque parties with their family and friends sharing grilled meat and sausages, and the Korean king oyster mushrooms as the only vegetable to be added on the main grill list. Taken as a high-quality food item, the king oyster mushrooms are enjoyed for its bigger size and thick texture that is much suitabl...

Do you know much about the congenital heart disease? The disease is due to abnormal heart development before birth that requires postnatal medical treatment. It may lead to premature death if no appropriate surgery is operated, however a successful surgery can grant a new healthy life to a child. Regrettably, there are many people who are in need of medical surgery but not all receive the opportune treatment. The high costs and lack of professional medical hospitals are doubling the burden. Fortunately, movements of medical support for the global neighborhood have been started, the ‘Korea Medical Service Share Project’ being one of them. The Korean government financially supports children of neighboring undeveloped regions suffering from the lack of medical facilities by paying all expenses on their visit to Korea for medical treatment; Private medical institutions support the medical expenses by offering voluntary surgical operations. This year’s first patient is Danilya, a youn...

Indonesian Korean Studies studenta at graduation (Yonhap News) Korean Studies, which focuses on different aspects of Korean culture, economics, politics, history and other subjects, are an important part of how people around the world learn about and understand Korea. From Southeast Asia to Europe to North America, Korean Studies programs are a way for students and communities to connect with Korea and pursue studies while increasing ties between Korea and people around the world.  Meanwhile, Korean Studies forums, conferences, symposium and publications bring a wider view of Korea to both academics and non-specialists. Korean Studies programs, like many other area studies, emerged primarily after the Second World War, when people around the world started to realize the importance of having interdisciplinary academic programs to study and understand other countries and cultures.  Although the term itself dates back to the 1940s, most Korean Studies programs were se...

EGPP(Ewha Global Partnership Program) Scholarship The Ewha Global Partnership Program(EGPP) is a global initiative that selects and educates promising females from developing countries on full scholarship at the undergraduate and graduate levels, with an aim to nurture them into top professionals and global leaders of the 21st century. This is a program designed under the goal to share Ewha’s 120 years of accumulated academic excellence with females from other parts of the world. Read more:  http://scholarship. bursa-lowongan.com/egppewha- global-partnership-program- scholarship-2011/# ixzz1CDERHatk Eligibility A female student from a developing country who has been recognized as a potential leader, and who applies for admission to the undergraduate or graduate program of Ewha Womans University through the special admissions process for international students Scope of Scholarship The scholarship covers the recipient’s tuition, on-campus dormitory fees, stipend plus airfare....

•  Korea Grand Sale( www.koreagrandsale.or.kr )   Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Visit Korea Committee hosts a ‘Korea Grand Sale 2011’ with approximately 14,000 business participants including the ‘BIG 20 (A strategy selecting a group of franchise businesses favored by foreigner who visit Korea and offer discounts)’s for fifty days. On weekends various events are offered for customers.   - When: Mon. 10 Jan 2011 ~ Mon. 28 Feb 2011   - Where: Seoul,  Busan ,  Jeju  and other local governments nationwide   *  Weekends  Special Street Events (Hours 13:00~16:00)   - Sat. 15 Jan ~ Sun. 16 Jan 2011:  Myeongdong  Theater   - Sat. 22 Jan ~ Sun. 23 Jan 2011:  Dongdaemun  Hello APM   - Sat. 28 Jan ~ Sun. 30 Jan 2011:  Yongsan ,  IPark  Mall Event (Floor 4)   - Sat. 12 Feb ~ Sun. 13 Feb 2011:  Lotte  Department Store (Main Branch) outside